1967 Update - Amman to Baghdad April 30th

"I left Jerusalem as soon as Peter dropped his change-of-mind bombshell. I went to Jerusalem so that we could stay together as a traveling team. I had hoped to get to Petra and Akaba but that idea faded as the money involved in a Jerusalem visit was too much. So,leaving Peter, I went to Amman where I met some people going East. We bought bus tickets to Baghdad @ $6.00 each. The bus was bad (think retired USA school bus) and the ride hot.

At the Rutbah, Iraqi border station the customs people caught the bus with 100 bottles of Johnnie Walker - bribes were paid or a fine?? Anyway we went on across a flat, stony desert.

At any stop the women went left, the men right - and bushes provided the privacy for our toilet needs."

Arrived in Baghdad May 1st. Amman to Baghdad is 500 slow miles